RETURN CATCH-22 TO

BOX IN FRONT OF ROOM

Then, get hand out from side table Poetry Partner
Challenge

POETRY TERMS PARTNER

CHALLENGE!
With a partner, complete the worksheet. The first
partners to complete the worksheet, and be 100%
correct, wins a prize! Make a line in front of me when
you are done for me to check your answers. You only
have three chances!

Poetry on your Semester Exam

Most likely, two poems with 10-15 multiple choice
questions each
Read through the poem once, just to read
Review the questions if you would like to
Read for a second time searching for literal meaning
Read a third time searching for symbolic meaning
based on perspectives (feminist, religious,
sociological, choose based on multiple choice
questions)
Determine a theme if required by the multiple choice
questions

Steps

(you may want to read questions before analyzing the poem)

1. Literal meaning
2. Symbolic meaning based on perspective
Feminist
Religious
Sociological

- romantic
- political
- scientific

- sexual
-optimist
-pessimist

3. Determine a theme if necessary based on multiple

choice questions
4. Respond to multiple choice questions
5. Choose THE BEST answer (process of elimination)

Reviewing Poetry Terms

Sound Devices:
Alliteration: Repetition of initial consonant sounds of
words in close proximity in a poem
Assonance: Repetition of internal vowel sounds of words in
close proximity within a poem
Consonance: Repetition if internal or ending consonant
sounds of words in close proximity within a poem
Rhyme: half/slant- consonance , slight- looks like they should
rhyme, perfect- assonance + consonance
End-stopped line: punctuation
Enjambment: no punctuation

Examples
Alliteration- Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled
peppers.
Assonance- I made my way to the lake.
Consonance- I dropped the locket in the thick mud.
Perfect Rhyme- cat hat
Half/Slant Rhyme- Main man
Slight Rhyme- bear, dear

kite kit
word, lord

Types of poems
Sonnet- 14 lines, iambic pentameter, thematic organization
Petrarchan Sonnet- ABBAABBA CDECDE/CDCDCD
2 stanzas, 1 octave- presents argument/observation 1 sestet- answers/
clarifies/counter argument

Shakespearean Sonnet- ABAB CDCD EFEF GG

4 stanzas, 3 quatrains 1 couplet- conclusion/refutation/amplification

Free verse: Poetry without a defined form, meter, or rhyme scheme

Villanelle: A highly structure poetic for that comprises six stanza,
five tercets and a quatrain. The poem repeats the first and third lines
throughout.

Multiple Choice Review

Step 1- Read poem as a class and review
questions
Step2- Work with a partner to interpret the
literal meaning
Step 3- interpret the symbolic meaning
Step 4- Respond to multiple choice questions